The Visual Arts Department at NABA announce the presentation of the book “Strata: Italian Art since 2000. The Words of the Artists", scheduled for Friday, January 19, at 5.30 PM in Classroom G 0.4 at the NABA Campus in Milan, located at Via C. Darwin 20. The volume, edited by Vincenzo de Bellis (Director of Art Basel's fairs) and Alessandro Rabottini (Artistic Director of the In Between Art Foundation), offers a choral and interdisciplinary view of Italian visual culture through the words of 37 artists whose work has significantly influenced both the national and international art scene since 2000. The dedicated talk, featuring the two editors and several key artists from the book, NABA lecturers Yuri Ancarani, Linda Fregni Nagler, Marcello Maloberti and Adrian Paci, will be moderated by Marco Scotini (NABA Visual Arts Department Head).
“Strata: Italian Art since 2000. The Words of the Artists”: visions, memories, and perspectives
Published by Lenz and Les Presses du réel (2023), the book was supported by the Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea of the Ministry of Culture as part of the Italian Council programme (10th edition, 2021), proposed by the Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation and additionally backed by the In Between Art Film Foundation. Its uniqueness stems from the personal accounts of encounters, friendships, professional relationships, and conversations the authors had with the most representative artists of the Italian scene during that period. These include: Yuri Ancarani (NABA lecturer), Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Francesco Arena, Rosa Barba, Elisabetta Benassi (NABA lecturer), Luca Bertolo, Rossella Biscotti, Chiara Camoni, Gianni Caravaggio, Giulia Cenci, Danilo Correale, Roberto Cuoghi, Enrico David, Patrizio di Massimo, Lara Favaretto, Formafantasma, Linda Fregni Nagler (NABA lecturer), Giuseppe Gabellone, Martino Gamper, Francesco Gennari, Massimo Grimaldi, Petrit Halilaj, Adelita Husni Bey, Giovanni Kronenberg, Luisa Lambri, Marcello Maloberti (NABA lecturer), Diego Marcon, Masbedo, Luca Monterastelli, Adrian Paci (NABA lecturer), Diego Perrone, Alessandro Pessoli, Paola Pivi, Pietro Roccasalva, Alessandro Sciarroni, Marinella Senatore, Francesco Vezzoli.
The book “Strata: Italian Art since 2000. The Words of the Artists” provides a polyphonic overview of Italian artistic production, exploring the pivotal moments in each artist's career and portraying a diverse range of approaches to painting, sculpture, cinema, performance, installation, social and collective intervention, photography, and activism.
The NABA talk dedicated to “Strata: Italian Art since 2000. The Words of the Artists”
January 19, 5:30 PM
Classroom G 0.4, NABA Campus
Via C. Darwin 20, Milan
Free Entrance